2014 Midterm Hangover

The GOP's big night in 90 seconds

by Rachel Clarke

Welcome to the day after. Welcome to Red America.

The Republican wave swept over the 2014 Midterms, giving the GOP control of the Senate in the next Congress as well as strengthening its grip on the House and taking a bunch of governors' mansions from the Democrats.

And there is so much still to talk about!

Stay with this live stream for all the latest news and conversation and scroll way, way down to relive the drama of last night.

What about gas prices? They are usually something of an election issue, but not this year... they're at remarkable lows for recent years. Here's the story from Jeremy Diamond and below that, a look at gas price conspiracy theories at CNN Money...

Obama's lament - "worst groups of states... since Eisenhower" - Here are the first few paragraphs of our main story by Stephen Collinson right now; Not the sunniest assessment you could expect from President Obama about his party's prospects.

Even before the polls close in the midterm election, President Barack Obama is sounding gloomy about the Democrats' chances of hanging onto the Senate.

"This is probably the worst possible group of states for Democrats since Dwight Eisenhower," Obama told WNPR radio in Connecticut Tuesday afternoon while polls were still open.

"There are a lot of states that are being contested where they just tend to tilt Republican," said Obama, seemingly reconciling himself to a grim night for Democrats that could turn his final two years in the White House into a painful experience.

by zbyronwolf11/4/2014 9:05:13 PM

Do you think they mean literally go either way or are they saying go to the right or get left behind? Up for interpretation, I guess...

Did Biden spill the beans? Will Orman join Democrats? - If - and it is still a big if - Kansas Independent Greg Orman can unseat Sen. Pat Roberts, the big question will be if he'll join Democrats or Republicans in procedural matters. Depending on other results, his decision could affect who controls the Senate. Orman told CNN's New Day today he wouldn't be a Republican or a Democrat. But Roberts' campaign has seized upon Joe Biden's comments to CNN's Gloria Borger in which he argued that Democrats could convince Orman to caucus with them. They've started a last-minute robo call that points to the Biden comments as a smoking gun. Biden did not, it should be said, tell Borger that Orman was a lock to caucus with Democrats. Here are both videos...

4 billion dollars, and more than 1.5 million ads all went into tonight. Let that sink in for a minute.

by zbyronwolf11/4/2014 9:53:43 PM

Star Trek and the 2014 Midterms - OMG! - This was a total accident people (or was it?) but we have tweets from a good portion of the cast of Star Trek: The Next Generation and Leonard Nimoy from Star Trek in our social stream here... Check it out -

Before the exit poll results come in, let's take a look back at some of the most colorful (and weird!) election ads of the 2014 cycle. Here's one from Dwayne Stovall, a longshot candidate who ran against Texas Republican Sen. John Cornyn.